TULSA, Okla. – The Wisconsin men's soccer team put up a grueling fight against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Friday night, but the match eventually ended in a 2-2 tie following regulation and a pair of overtime periods.  

Senior goalkeeper Philipp Schilling was the story of the night for the Badgers (0-0-1), making save after save in the net, including four in the overtime periods. He ended the night with a career-high 10 saves.

Tulsa (0-0-1) took the 1-0 lead on a penalty kick goal in the 21st minute of the game when Miguel Velasquez scored his first goal of the season.

UW junior Isaac Schlenker evened up the score by taking advantage of a perfect ball from senior Chris Mueller in the 42nd minute. Schlenker used a diving header off a cross from Mueller to knot the game at 1-1, tallying his third career goal in the process.

The Golden Hurricane earned another penalty kick in the 62nd minute of play but Schilling made an incredible save, diving to the left corner and saving the attempt from Zack Stavrou.

TU recaptured the lead in the 72nd minute when Rollie Rocha hit the upper left corner from 20 yards out.

The Golden Hurricane's lead was short-lived as UW senior Tom Barlow rocketed in his first goal of the season in the 77th minute from 10 yards out to knot the game at 2-2, forcing overtime. The St. Louis native broke away from the TU defense before slotting home his 14th career goal.

The Badgers had two good attempts by Schlenker and senior Mark Segbers in the first overtime period but neither team found the back of the net, forcing a second overtime period.

Tulsa held a 21-12 edge in shots but eight different Badgers recorded at least one shot in the match while Segbers led the Cardinal and White with three shots.

Straight from the Pitch:
Head Coach John Trask
"It was a good way to start the season with a tough game. We showed some great resilience coming back after being down a goal twice against a good Tulsa team. I have a lot of respect for the Tulsa program. Coach (Tom) McIntosh and his staff do a very good job."

"We have a tough matchup coming up with Oral Roberts on Sunday.

We got some good minutes in for our freshmen, Patrick Yim and Brayden Callipari, who I thought did very well after stepping in for their first collegiate experience, as well as Alex Alfaro, who had some good minutes in the first half."


Up Next: The Badgers stay put in Tulsa for the weekend as they face Oral Roberts at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The two teams will meet for the first time in program history.